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35 Favorite Chicken Slow-Cooker Recipes
Jalapeño Chicken Breasts
Chili powder and sliced pickled jalapeño chile pepper turn up the heat on these slow-cooked chicken breasts. Add a cream cheese sauce before serving, and sprinkle with bacon, if you like.
Red Bean, Chicken, and Sweet Potato Stew
Vitamin-rich sweet potatoes and creamy peanut butter complement spicy Cajun seasoning in this easy chicken slow-cooker stew.
Angel Chicken
Chicken and fresh mushrooms slow-cook in cream cheese, wine and soup. It's easy to put together but tastes like chicken in a complex cream sauce--smooth with delicate seasoning.
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Red Wine Braised Chicken
Fifteen minutes of prep time is all you need for this rich, but simple chicken slow-cooker recipe!
Nacho Cheese Chicken Chowder
This five-ingredient chowder goes together in minutes and then cooks two hours on high or four to five hours on low in your slow-cooker. Serve with breadsticks for dipping.
Chicken & Shrimp Jambalaya
The three-pepper homemade Cajun seasoning adds lots of fiery flavor to this slow-cooker version of jambalaya. We've used no-salt-added and reduced-sodium products to create a healthier main dish.
Super Simple Peachy Barbecue Chicken
Just three ingredients produce a rich-flavored, sweet-tangy barbecue sauce for drumsticks in this easy chicken slow-cooker recipe.
Chicken and White Bean Stew
Great Northern or cannellini beans blend with chicken and purchased Alfredo sauce in this easy-to-assemble slow-cooker meal. Serve with crusty bread and tossed salad.
Hot and Spicy Braised Peanut Chicken
Creamy peanut butter, red curry paste and fresh ginger flavor a Thai-inspired chicken slow-cooker recipe.
Wild Rice and Chicken Soup
Mix a can of cream of chicken soup, mushrooms, veggies and rice mix for the soup base. Any boneless cooked chicken works in this recipe, but chicken thighs, with more moisture from fat, slow-cook the best.
Easy Chicken Tetrazzini
What exactly is tetrazzini? It's a pasta dish with mushrooms and cream sauce. We added black pepper, nutmeg and green onions to our easy slow-cooker chicken version.
Greek Oregano Chicken with Spinach, Orzo and Grape Tomatoes
Rub oregano, parsley and basil on chicken breasts before slow-cooking with spinach and tomatoes in a low-sodium broth. Finish the healthy slow-cooker chicken dinner by serving with cooked orzo and a sprinkling of Parmesan.
Curried Chicken
This slow-cooker chicken recipe delivers a world of flavors, with curry playing off of jalapeños, raisins, shredded coconut and sweet peppers.
Saucy Sweet and Sour Chicken
Brown sugar, ketchup, lemonade concentrate and vinegar give this chicken its sweet-and-sour tang.
Chicken and Vegetables with Herbs
Slow-simmer chicken legs with wine, rosemary, thyme, mushrooms and pearl onions. Serve with mashed potatoes or rice.
Slow Cooker Cranberry Chicken
Cranberry sauce combined with tapioca and onion soup simmers to perfection in this five-ingredient main dish recipe, a slow-cooker version of an oven classic. Serve over white rice to complete the fall meal.
Garlic Chicken with Artichokes
Garlic alone is enough to amp up chicken's tastiness, but adding artichokes to the slow cooker takes this dish to the next level.
Cashew Chicken
A package of frozen veggies, canned mushrooms and canned soup shorten the prep work in this takeout-style recipe for your slow cooker.
Easy Italian Chicken
Purchased spaghetti sauce, cabbage wedges, onion and mushrooms combine for a no-fuss, flavorful chicken dish.
Chicken Stroganoff
Combine condensed cream of mushroom soup, chicken, chopped onion and water for this easy slow-cooker stroganoff. Just before serving, add sour cream, and spoon over hot cooked noodles.
Chicken and Veggie Burritos
Packed with flavorful ingredients, this recipe is the perfect way to get your daily dose of veggies.
Warm-Me-Up Chicken Chili
Chicken, chopped vegetables and canned beans make a warm and comforting chili. Our recipe gives variations for Slow Cooker Chicken Chili as well as a spicier Chipotle Chicken Chili.
Herbed Chicken and Mushrooms
Love mushrooms? Pick your favorite type or mix and match for this chicken slow-cooker recipe. Serve chicken and vegetables over pasta drizzled with cooking juices.
Slow Cooker Indian Chicken Stew
Curry and ginger give zesty Indian flavor to the chicken, chickpeas and diced tomatoes in this slow-cooker meal. Stir in fresh spinach leaves just before serving for added color and nutrition.
Slow Cooker French Chicken Stew
Save time with premade pasta sauce for this slow-cooker recipe. Tender chicken, herbs and fresh vegetables blend for a crowd-pleasing dish.
Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup
This 170-calorie slow-cooker version of a classic comfort food takes just 25 minutes of prep and uses reduced-fat cream cheese in its creamy homemade broth.
Chicken Cacciatore
Serve this slow-cooked Italian classic with plenty of pasta to sop up the chunky sauce, full of fresh mushrooms, celery, carrots, onions, sweet peppers, diced tomatoes and garlic.
Tex-Mex Chicken Sloppy Joes
Scoop this versatile chicken-pork filling into toasted tortillas for taco night, combine with hot rice to stuff into flour tortillas for burritos or serve on a hoagie bun for a more traditional sloppy joe sandwich.
Cuban Arroz con Pollo
The classic Latin American dish of chicken and rice gets a modern makeover with the help of a slow cooker and some nutrition upgrades like brown rice and extra vegetables. Anchiote powder gives the dish a slightly tart flavor and brilliant yellow-red hue.
Slow Cooker Coq au Vin
We adapted a classic French recipe of chicken cooked in wine for this slow-cooker specialty. Burgundy flavors the meaty chicken and forms the base of the gravy.
Moroccan Chicken Stew
Combine spices with raisins and apricots to season this slow-cooker chicken stew. Serve on couscous and topped with toasted pine nuts and fresh cilantro.
Chicken Cassoulet-Style Soup
This five-ingredient slow-cooker recipe features hearty chunks of smoked turkey sausage and chicken cooked with a red wine pasta sauce broth and cannellini beans.
Mango-Chicken Tinga
Ground chipotle chili pepper and fire-roasted diced tomatoes add just the right amount of heat to this tropical take on slow-cooker chicken. We like it served with fresh pineapple wedges, lime wedges and Mexican crema.
Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie
Make this classic comfort food in your slow cooker with chicken thighs and a mix of fresh and frozen veggies, then top with piecrust pieces browned in the oven just before you serve the dish.
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The Guy's Perspective: Learning to be more confident
A while back a man I work with asked me out. I was surprised since he's recently separated. I had little expectations but decided to go out with him. Well, six months have gone by and things have been relatively good. Sure, there have been ups and downs. From time to time he withdraws and wants to spend time with his friends or alone; this bothers me and makes me feel insecure. He's explained that he has a lot of pressure on him due to his pending divorce and his work responsibilities; he's also stressing out about the fact that he's turning 60 soon. I definitely understand some of what he's going through but it's his lack of communication that is difficult and make me feel insecure. I've expressed my concerns and fears to him and he's said he wants to try and meet me halfway. I'm happy with this plan, but I hope he'll follow through. I don't want to feel alone or waste my time waiting for him to figure out what he wants. I also don't want him to be turned off by my insecurity. Is there something I can do here to help him see I'm worth his attention?
Insecure and Scared
Dear Insecure and Scared,
Thanks for your question. You can't convince him of anything or make him feel a certain way. But confidence is attractive; it's also a relief to be with someone who's secure because there's a clear distinction between being with someone you feel obliged to support — emotionally — and being with someone you choose to support.
Confidence can manifest itself in a variety of ways but in your case it's all about independence. Your guy wants someone who's at a similar life stage as him. He's busy. He probably has kids to see, a demanding job, friends. And now that he's getting divorced he wants to do all the things he felt he couldn't do while married. This likely means resuming hobbies, hanging with friends, and focusing more on work. Yes, he may also want you in his life, but not to the point where he's going to want to give up all of these other things to have a relationship with you. And he doesn't want to feel guilty when he's off participating in activities or events without you. He wants to know you're happily involved with your own life — family, activities and friends — while he's busy living his. Otherwise he's going to cut ties, especially since the last thing he wants is to be tied down in a serious relationship after getting divorced.
That said, I do agree with you. He does need to follow through on his promise to communicate better and more often. A short call, or a few texts daily wouldn't be that big of a deal. Hopefully he'll see that this extra effort is worth it, and that maybe after a time he'll start to weave you into the fabric of his life. Right now you need to be patient and self-assured while he works through this transition.
Last thing, if at some point you find yourself doing all the heavy lifting, then maybe he's not the guy you thought he was. Sure, he gets a pass for the time being, but relationships are a two-way street. Eventually, the two of you need to be on the same page. If not, you might need to reconsider this relationship.
Good luck,
Saelen Ghose is the head writer for The Guy's Perspective, a popular relationship blog and website. Over the course of his tenure he has responded to thousands of relationship questions, and while he hasn't solved every problem, he has provided a thoughtful perspective on every question received. If you have a relationship question of your own, please email email@example.com. Saelen will do his best to answer your question. Please limit your question to 200 words or less. For more from The Guy's Perspective, visit www.theguysperspective.com.

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[H]e's taking to the road for the next few days in basically what I would call "campaign mode." He seems to always stay in a campaign mode, where he treats people of the other party as the enemy, not as partners. If he really wanted to get things done and govern, he would come here and work with us, instead ...


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March/April 2008 Editorial: Reflections on the Consumer Electronics Show
Posted by Alan Meier on March 04, 2008
First, the name CES could sometimes have been taken to stand for Consumer Environment Show, Consumer Efficiency Show, and of course Consumer Energy Show. Being green is in, and being carbon neutral is even in-er. One could sense that manufacturers and exhibitors had made the transition from being defensive about energy consumption to making a (well-publicized) virtue out of their products' efficiency and greenness. Sometimes it worked—as when Sony displayed an incredibly high-definition TV that drew only 30 watts. In other cases, the arguments were a stretch—like the one that justified wall-size plasma screens as energy efficient. (As what, a radiant heater?) I liked a new Sony TV based on organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display technology, because it made watching a small screen a pleasure, which made it possible to do so in a small room with smaller speakers, and made it impossible to justify yet another upsizing of homes.
The sheer number of must-have products was as large as ever. From an energy consumption perspective, I spotted a few trends that I expect Home Energy will follow. First, the fraction of products drawing standby power continues to increase; indeed, products that drew zero power while off were the exception. The external power supplies proliferate madly. The good news is that many have become much more efficient (thanks to regulations in California and elsewhere and the Energy Star appliance-labeling program). The bad news is that they aren't interchangeable, which prevents further economies through aggregation or even separate distribution networks. Worse still, a new class of products, wire-free charging stands, threatens to bypass the external power supply and undermine the efficiency gains.
Dimming TVs and computer displays is a simple new conservation measure. Most of these displays are shipped at maximum brightness, and consumers never think to reset them. We found that the power consumption of a new iMac fell 30% when we cut the screen brightness from maximum to a still-tolerable level (and also realized that we had kept it bright to counteract our overbright conventional lighting). Philips introduced a new TV that monitors ambient light levels and adjusts screen brightness. According to CNET, this feature can cut power consumption by about half.
Electronics—and the CES—is about information. The products exhibited receive, transmit, process, or display information. We now realize that handling information requires energy—sometimes a lot of energy—on a scale that rivals refrigerators, lighting, or clothes dryers. The industry is now gradually accepting the fact that its products' energy consumption will be regulated, just like the energy consumption of refrigerators, water heaters, or lightbulbs. The challenge, however, is to manage energy use without constraining the handling of information. We don't have much experience yet, but some guidelines are already clear. For example, design products to ensure that they aren't processing information that isn't used. This concept sounds obvious, but it is seldom put into practice (except in mobile products).
I must confess that I am already looking forward to the next CES. I want to observe whether communicating thermostats will become the next big thing, what new features will be offered in digital picture frames, and how they will squeeze game consoles into SUVs. And I am also curious: What will the "E" stand for next time?
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Grilled Tomato and Mozzarella Salad
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...I love to serve this "salad" when we barbecue. It is, of course a play on the well-known Insalata Caprese and, as such, must be said to be a dish that is assembled rather than made. Taste buds as old as mine are always looking for new ways to do old things and this sport does just that, creating a warm salad with a creamy texture that plays well against the flavor of blood ripe tomatoes and pesto. The dish consists of thick sliced tomatoes that are grilled prior to topping with fresh mozzarella cheese. They are then broiled until the cheese becomes soft and starts to run. The tomato stacks are topped with pesto and served while still warm. I cook mine in a grill pan because I feel more in control of the process, but they can, of course, be done on a gas or charcoal grill. I usually make my own pesto, my favorite being a combination of arugula and cilantro, but any well flavored pesto, including a commercial variety, can be used. I draw the line with the cheese, however. This dish is not worth the effort if you don't use fresh, best quality mozzarella. It's also important to keep your tomato slices about an inch thick. Slices thinner than that will turn to mush before the cheese topping has the opportunity to soften and lightly brown. I have one last observation to share with you. Serve the stacks as soon as you possibly can. The cheese tends to lose its milky color and yellow if it sits too long. Here's how we assemble and cook this warm Insalata Caprese.
Grilled Tomato and Mozzarella Salad...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite, inspired by Jon Bonnell
4 1-inch slices of ripe tomato
Salt and pepper to taste
1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon olive oil, divided use
4 1/2-inch slices of fresh mozzarella
1 teaspoon sherry wine vinegar
4 teaspoons pesto
Sea salt
1) Preheat oven broiler. Season tomato slices with salt and pepper. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large grill pan until oil is wavy. Add tomatoes and cook over high heat until grill marks form, about 2 minutes per side. Do not overcook. Remove pan from heat.
2) Top each tomato with a slice of mozzarella and broil about 3-inches from heat, until cheese just starts to run. Transfer to serving plates. Top each stack with a teaspoon of pesto and drizzle with vinegar and reserved 1 teaspoon oil. Sprinkle lightly with sea salt. Serve immediately. Yield 4 servings.
You might also enjoy these recipes:
Warm Wild Mushroom Salad - Planet Green
Warm Salad of Frisee and Baby Spinach - Big Oven
Mom's Warm Potato Salad - Simply Recipes
54 comments :
- susan said...
I can hardly wait for our fresh tomatoes...this will be one of the first things I make!
- May 4, 2010 at 12:23 AM
- Angie's Recipes said...
Whenever we were invited to a bbq party, I always looked for the salad section first. :-) Yours definitely makes a perfect garden bbq salad.
- May 4, 2010 at 12:28 AM
- Louis la Vache said...
- May 4, 2010 at 12:39 AM
- Holly said...
This looks absolutely delish! I'll be trying it very soon:)
- May 4, 2010 at 12:41 AM
- Jeannie said...
Gorgeous presentation!
- May 4, 2010 at 1:45 AM
- PranisKitchen said...
looks so yummy..sure i am going to try this one..i am sure its a good treat for tomato lovers.
- May 4, 2010 at 1:54 AM
- Christine said...
I'll save this for when my tomatoes get ripe. Great recipe, Mary.
- May 4, 2010 at 2:38 AM
- Alessandra said...
To me this is a meal, not just a salad :-), I wouldn't need anything else, well, maybe a piece of bread...
Can I ask you a question? The mozzarella looks yellow in the photo, rather than white. Is it a particular kind of mozzarella?
- May 4, 2010 at 3:08 AM
- Federica Simoni said...
ciao!! che bella presentazione e che buona!! bravissima come sempre! ciao!
- May 4, 2010 at 3:14 AM
- Dajana said...
Wonderful twist on insalata caprese, Mary. I couldn't agree more on quality of mozzarella cheese, it's absolutely essential. The same goes for pizza.
- May 4, 2010 at 3:44 AM
- Ana Powell said...
Wonderful and delicious x
- May 4, 2010 at 4:23 AM
- Cherine said...
This looks absolutely delicious!!
- May 4, 2010 at 4:52 AM
- Deana Sidney said...
This is so good, Mary. I am used to bread and just a slice of tomato... this makes it so much healthier and it looks great too!
- May 4, 2010 at 5:01 AM
- Hayley said...
Absolutely fresh and perfect !! lovely pics..
- May 4, 2010 at 5:01 AM
- Allie and Pattie said...
Mary, sometimes I think you knew my grandmother! This was her favorite way to eat summer tomatoes except it wasn't a side dish- she'd make a meal of it!
xoxo Pattie
- May 4, 2010 at 5:14 AM
- Sonia ~ Nasi Lemak Lover said...
something simple and good!
- May 4, 2010 at 6:02 AM
- giorno26 ¸¸.•*¨*•. said...
Hi Mary,
questa ricetta viene fatta anche quì in Italia usando categoricamente mozzarella di " bufala ", perchè più buona in quanto più saporita.
Però non l'ho mai assaggiata con il pesto genovese sopra.
Personalemte a questa ricetta farei una piccola modifica ( se non ti offendi ) e cioè sulla mozzarella metterei solo il sale e non l'olio, in quanto l'olio viene poi aggiunto dal pesto.
In questo modo credo che il sapore della mozzarella si sentirebbe meglio e non si avrebbe in bocca il sapore dell'olio.
Cosa ne pensi ?
- May 4, 2010 at 6:05 AM
- PeggyR said...
Oh yum this would be great along with grilled shrimp!
- May 4, 2010 at 7:07 AM
- Carol at Serendipity said...
I will definitely try this when we are back in Maine and the tomatoes come in. I make my own pesto and I am always looking for ways to use it. This looks wonderful!
- May 4, 2010 at 7:13 AM
- Martha said...
This looks yummy and I've never thought of it warm! I will have to try this -- what a great go with to grilled meat!
- May 4, 2010 at 7:48 AM
- Sushma Mallya said...
Beautiful salad mary, have a nice day
- May 4, 2010 at 7:59 AM
- Taylor said...
These look so delicious...and simple! Perfect for a warm spring or summer night :)
- May 4, 2010 at 8:17 AM
- Julie said...
What a wonderful take on caprese salad. Can't wait for tomatoes so we can try this one!!!
- May 4, 2010 at 8:20 AM
- Cathy said...
What a delicious take on one of our favorite salads. It's always fun to serve a classic in a different way. I can almost taste the vine ripened tomatoes of summer.
- May 4, 2010 at 8:30 AM
- figtree said...
I will be dreaming about this beautiful salad till I find the time to make it. It gets me excited about summer...
- May 4, 2010 at 8:36 AM
- Debbi Does Dinner Healthy said...
I will for sure try this! It looks awesome! Great presentation too!
- May 4, 2010 at 8:43 AM
- Alecia said...
now if i can get my tomatoes to come into their own-I will be making this for certain- never thought how important it would be to slice thickly -always learn something new from you. thanks for adding to my tomato recipes
- May 4, 2010 at 9:23 AM
- Helsie said...
Hello Mary, nice to meet you.
Thank you for calling in to my blog and leaving a lovely comment. I'm so glad you did. I have had a quick look around your blog and am off to look some more.
I love to look at and try new recipes and will certainly be trying some of yours. There are a couple of other cookery blogs I love to follow too and my family is reaping the rewartds of these new discoveries.
- May 4, 2010 at 10:00 AM
- Jaynie said...
These are my favorite kind of recipes these days,quick, only a few ingredients and extremely tasty. I have the fresh mozzarella on hand but not tomatoes. This will be one of the first recipes I make when the tomatoes become ripe.
- May 4, 2010 at 10:28 AM
- sweetlife said...
Great recipe, this would be wonderful for mother's day. My mom would love this.
- May 4, 2010 at 10:50 AM
- nazarina said...
Now I know what to prepare for my friend's barbecue this Saturday! It is delicious, a winner with everyone and so fast to make!
- May 4, 2010 at 12:06 PM
- pigpigscorner said...
I'm not a huge fan of veg but I love your kind of salad!
- May 4, 2010 at 12:11 PM
- Allie said...
Love the idea of adding a pesto on top for a touch more color. Looks great!
- May 4, 2010 at 12:17 PM
- oneordinaryday said...
I can't wait to try this. So simple, but so absolutely glorious. What a wonderful play on the traditional insalata caprese.
- May 4, 2010 at 12:23 PM
- Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...
I love this idea. This would wirk even for those tomatoes we have at the market out of season. The barbecue would make them smoky, caramelized and flavourful.
- May 4, 2010 at 12:30 PM
- Monica said...
We got one of those "Topsy Turvy" tomato growing things. I was skeptical...but the thing is loaded with tiny green tomato's!
I can't wait to try this recipe!
- May 4, 2010 at 12:57 PM
- Khadija El Mary said...
I love it, this looks absolutely delicious!
- May 4, 2010 at 1:26 PM
- T.W. Barritt at Culinary Types said...
What a lovely salad "makeover." And, the broiling/grilling adds a whole different flavor dimension.
- May 4, 2010 at 1:42 PM
- Karen said...
This is a great idea. I'm going to keep it in mind for when our summer tomatoes are ripe!
- May 4, 2010 at 2:21 PM
- Kim said...
Your stacked tomato salad is so gorgeous Mary! Looks like a lovely little meal all on it's own.
- May 4, 2010 at 2:27 PM
- The Blonde Duck said...
Oh so perfect for summer!
- May 4, 2010 at 2:44 PM
- Rachel Cotterill said...
That's an interesting twist on a classic dish - a variant I haven't seen before. Thank you, as ever, for sharing your beautiful ideas :)
- May 4, 2010 at 3:54 PM
- Jen_from_NJ said...
I can't wait to make this recipe with my beloved "Jersey tomatoes". Just gorgeous!
- May 4, 2010 at 5:39 PM
- Miss Meat and Potatoes said...
What a beautiful, simple recipe Mary. And you're so right about the mozzarella - it's really not worth bothering with unless it's the good stuff!
- May 4, 2010 at 5:50 PM
- teresa said...
oh wow, this looks just mouthwatering, and beautiful!
- May 4, 2010 at 5:54 PM
- Alexandra said...
Ooohhooo...tomatoes and mozz.
Right out of my dreams.
- May 4, 2010 at 6:15 PM
- Carla and Michael said...
Beautiful presentation. I am going to give this a try soon. We have lots of tomato plants but the tomatoes are just coming out. I'll have to make this with the store bought tomatoes when we get back. I am so loving this, I can taste it.
- May 4, 2010 at 6:33 PM
- Claudia said...
i love every variation of Caprese. I've done it with pesto - but never grilled the tomatoes. You can bet I will be doing that soon! Gorgeous and packed with springtime taste.
- May 4, 2010 at 9:00 PM
- Jen said...
I'm taking a road trip this summer and will be camping a lot. I may try this on one of the grills. It sounds delicious!
- May 4, 2010 at 9:54 PM
- Micah - Coffee machine said...
This is beautiful... Not just beautiful but it looks delicious.. I love mozzarella..
- May 4, 2010 at 10:28 PM
- Valérie said...
I love this idea of a warm caprese salad! You always have inspiring ideas!
- May 4, 2010 at 10:46 PM
- Deb in Hawaii said...
A perfect salad to serve with grilled meats--I love this take on a classic!
- May 5, 2010 at 3:35 AM
- Rambling Tart said...
Oh my, I do so love tomatoes and mozzarella, Mary, and you just made it even better!!! Wowsers! :-)
- May 5, 2010 at 12:55 PM
- Anne said...
Oh wow this looks SO delicious! I love this take on a classic and will have to try it. Thanks for stopping by!
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Anderson Cooper speaks with two neighbors who called 911 when Trayvon Martin was killed. They have some startling claims about how police responded to the shooting.
I wonder....especially since this was a GATED community....had there really been break-ins etc? Are there police records to back up what Zimmerman said about there being problems in the recent past in the neighborhood? Somehow I doubt it. I wonder if Zimmerman was stating this on the 911 tape to "validate:" what he had already decided to do which was at the very least HARRASS this young black teen (wearing the oh-so-frighting hoodie) but really had he already intended to shoot him and claim self-defense? I can't help but think that the fact that Zimmerman first makes this statement when the FIRST question the dispatcher certainly asked him was "what is your emergency" was to make us all believe he was protecting the neighborhood. Then he had follow the Trayvon quickly and fight with him/shoot him before the police got there so that there would be nobody to say otherwise. I really would like to know if there were actually reports from the recent past, who made the reports and how Mr. Zimmerman knew of them. Was he notified or was he doing his "job" of head of neighborhood watch just a little too far and was he checking into the police records getting ready to play vigilante? (which in my mind shows heavy planning and premeditation.) By the way, I am a middle aged white woman and I feel that this act of hatred is horrible and that he had no right to follow etc this young man. He had a right to CALL 911 and that is it!!!
I watched your show yesterday about Trayvon Martin. That young mans death was indeed a senseless tragedy. I want to say that this kind of thing is happening more often than the general public realizes because they never hear about it. On Tuesday March 6,2012 my dear friend Joyce Hamilton Berry lost her son at the hands of a Pennsylvania State Trooper on the PA. Turnpike. There are so many unanswered questions surrounding Daryl's death and the PA State Police are under a cover of silence that is unbelieveable. As in the Trayvon Martin case, the only account of the iincident as to what is supposed to have happened is from the perpertrator. Let's be real, does a trained State Trooper have to shoot a 5'7" young man three (3) times to bring him under control????? If your researchers go on line to Daryl Jerome Berry, they will find the info. This young business man(electrical engineer) was returning to Cincinnati, Ohio following a week long visit with his Mother and siblings in Columbia, Maryland. His Mother's last words at Daryl's funeral were, " I want to know what happened to my child?" ANOTHER SENSELESS MURDER!
I have never been confronted by a criminal with a gun. Over the past 30 years, I personally have almost been killed three times by sportsmen with guns out in the southwestern desert where I live. My mother was intimidated by a few legal gun owners.
1. Two yokels were tossing beer cans as they emptied them into the air and shooting at them with their revolvers, never thinking that their bullets would eventually return to earth on the other side of the hill where I was hiking. When I returned to the area on another day, I saw that they had left the shot-up beer cans and the cartons from two twelve-packs, which I cleaned up and carried to my car.
2. A mother was teaching her son to shoot a .22 rifle in a gully. They were both looking at the boy's trigger finger – not downrange - as he squeezed off a round and just as I rounded the corner, narrowly missing me. (The mother had the decency to apologize.)
3. A skeet shooter was throwing disks into the air on the edge of a canyon, oblivious to the hikers in the valley below. The shooter told me, when I confronted him, that if I was so stupid as to hike in the desert when I could hear gunfire, I deserved to be shot.
4. My 80 year old mother put up no hunting signs and padlocked her gates after hunters killed her dog and shot a neighbor's cow. The hunters shot her signs to pieces, shot the locks off her gates, and seined all the fish out of her pond to teach the old lady a lesson. She learned. She never put up another no-hunting sign and she never locked another gate.
So my life-experience has taught me to be very frightened of my fellow-citizens with legal guns.
Furthermore, whether or not Zimmerman used a racial slur, or was racially motivated is 100% irrelevant. A child was murdered. We know who did it. We know that it was in cold blood. The motive is trivial at this point.
I'm willing to assume that maybe Zimmerman's crime wasn't racially motivated, but that doesn't explain why he is walking free. He should rot in jail.
How is it that a grown man can shoot a child to death, claim self defense, have absolutely NO evidence that it was self defense, and get off? This whole situation makes me want to throw up. EVERY SINGLE OFFICER involved in this investigation should be fired and should NOT receive unemployment. Let them find new careers.
It's just like Jimbo said in South Park over a decade ago. Shoot anything you want, just remember to yell, "Oh my God! It's coming straight for us!"
Regardless of your race please stand up and take a change to stop the maddness. stop the brutality of our african american citizens. It time to make a change. If this was the other way around that black man would be hung before he made it to jail.
zimmerman needs to be charged with first degree murder. why is he still walking around. Put him behind bars where he belongs. I pray for trayvons family that GOD gives them the strenght to carry on. GOD bless the family and other familys that have and are going through this same exact problems. GOD bless.
What might have happened was. This kid was on a spice drug,(undetectable) that's why he was acting weird and paranoid. Zimmerman confronted him and got his but kicked. YOU CAN NOT START FIGHTS WITH STRONGER PEOPLE, HAVE THEM BEAT YOU UP AND USE IT AS AN EXCUSE TO SHOOT THEM. Zimmerman seems like a shady snake to me.
I believe that Zimmerman didn't respond to his neighbor's calls of concern because he was busy snuffing the life out of poor Trayvon Martin. This was a premeditated, calculated, cold blooded murder. Zimmerman had probably prayed that an "f-ing coon" would one day come his way and romanticized the idea of how he would snatch his last breath away. Satan answered that prayer when poor innocent Trayvon armed with only a can of ice tea and skittles, while talking to his girlfriend, walked back to the home of his father. Little did he know that it would be his very last walk. Zimmerman should be hunted down and given a double portion of what he gave that beautiful child. Racial profiling, racism and hatred for Blacks has got to stop in amerikkka or there will be blood shed like never seen before in the history of man. Enough is Enough already! Our children deserve to live just like any other race of children do. Woe unto this nation when the sleeping sons of Judah AWAKE!
It is really funny how white people have spent years raping, lynching, terrorizing and making life miserable for anyone that did not look like them, but blacks are the violent ones. Oh, forgot that's the past, we should let that go.
To any parent who ever lost a child, this case must be painful. To know your precious child was hunted down, terrorized, then executed? My profound condolences to Treyvon's mother & father. I admire their efforts to bring some kind of justice & "meaning" to this blatant murder. The perp in question is in "hiding" is he? What a coward, what a monster....
We have this stupid law also in Texas, It is now time to repeal this law in all states before more innocent people lose their life to it !
This is such a sad story. My prayers go out to Traymon's family. If a white person had been killed by a person of color arrest would have been made and the whole story much different. Laws can be passed but until hearts and minds are changed we will continue to have these things happen. The black people built this country, for heaven't sake! Let's get beyond looking at colorof skin, look instead as brother or sister, all part of God's creation, and live together in peace and understanding!
My apologies, Trayvon Martin, I mispelled his name, May god keep you safe now in his arms, and sheltered from the injustice's that are here on Earth!!
Also, shame on you neighbors for wanting to be on TV, I heard this was going to happen. Again, I am a black woman who wants justice, but to go about things this way is wrong. There is no way those two could give anyone a play by play, but they know this and will have to answer for that one day.
What really makes no sense is the "self -defense" law. So, basically, virtually anyone can just go out and shoot another person, wait on the police and claim self-defense, even if there is NO evidence to prove this claim? Wow! Sounds like the wild, wild west, or some other barbaric and lawless place.
I want Justice for Trayvon Martin this was a senseless killing. Zimmerman deserves to be arrested and charge with murder. I feel in my heart he had no intention on waiting for the police to arrive after he was told not to pursue this young man. He took matters in his owns hands who gives him the right to take a life. My prayers are with this family and we as the people should stand behind this matter so this type of thing can never happen again. We can't bring him back but we can help fight for justice on his behalf.
Yeah, he was out to kill this young kid. You can hear in his voice and words. SAD!
Everyone is saying how this law is the reason Zimmerman might get away with murder; however, I see 2 interpretations of this law in what happened that night. Zimmerman said he shot in self defense, when all the evidence, the 911 calls, etc, show that he pursued Treyvon against the wishes and requests of the 911 dispatchers. When police arrived, there were wounds on Zimmerman from an altercation.
Is it possible that Zimmerman shot because Treyvon was STANDING HIS GROUND against a man who was a stranger to him, who approached him in Treyvon's neighborhood, had been following him around enough to make him uneasy enough to mention it to his girlfriend on the phone, mention it enough that she told him to run, but he decided to STAND HIS GROUND, and not let this stranger run him out of his home area. There are no reports that Zimmerman identified himself as neighborhood watch, only asking him what he was doing and apparently in a threatening enough manner.
Look at the pictures. Zimmerman was a large man. Treyvon was only 19 and smaller, still a teenager, intimidated by a larger, older, overtly threatening male figure of unknown origins. No ID on car and if there was was, it was dark and he was focused on the person who had been following him and approached him for no apparent reason. He fought for his life, causing some damage to Zimmerman, and this, in my opinion, further infuriated Zimmerman who pulled out his gun and fired to permanently stop the fight.
Treyvon was standing his ground against a man who didn't identify himself, who approached him with preconceived notions in his head, in a gated community where security should've been available, in a community where Treyvon had every right to be as his father lived there. Zimmerman was the aggressor and an aggressive person cannot in good conscious claim self defense. You assume a reasonable risk when you approach someone against the advice of professionals without identifying yourself in the dark. Treyvon had every right to fight back. Zimmerman had no right to fire a gun and decide to take the law into his hands and become the judge, jury, and executioner all for an iced tea and a bag of skittles.
Oh, as far as has been reported, Zimmerman was not given medical treatment. It sounds like the blood the police saw on Zimmerman and from what the ladies saw, the blood on Zimmerman was from the teen. Did Zimmerman even have as much as a bruise? Did the police check for signs that he had been assaulted?
IMPORTANT POINTS: All that has been published so far about Zimmerman's injuries are that he had blood on the back of his head and a bloody nose. The two ladies that went on Anderson Cooper said they saw Zimmerman with his hands on the front of the teen's body, then they saw him pacing reaching for the back of his head. Do the police actually know if Zimmerman was actually injured or was it the teen's blood on Zimmerman's face? Did they take the clothes he was wearing so they can match up exactly where he fell on his back in the grass? Did the police take any evidence at ALL from Zimmerman?
In reference to the racial slur, I read somewhere that the word in question could be punks. When I listened to the 360 playing of the tape, first listening for coons then again listening for punks, it sounds equally possible that it could be either. It just depends on what word you are anticipating. That aside, I think there is no question that Trayvon was targeted and pursued because he was an African American young man. I wish that were enough to bring federal charges. This is so tragic and demonstrates the racism and bigotry that is rampant in this country. Not only is it evident in the violence perpetrated against people of color but also in the value assigned to the lives of these victims. Trayvon is one of so many that are never spoken for. I hope in this tragedy Trayvon is recognized as the martyr he is for bringing witness to the world of the results of bigotry and hatred. I hope others will come forward to share their stories. And enough of the victim blaming. As a proud young man who had every right to walk down the street, he had no obligation to submit to the questioning or degradation of a random stranger. In fact, we teach our youth not to speak to strangers. I cannot imagine the anger, frustration, sorrow and loss his parents and family are experiencing. I just keep thinking of how I would feel if one of my children was targeted and terrorized and murdered by someone who police didn't feel it was even necessary to arrest. God forgive us all and please be with Trayvon and his loved ones.
I can only imagine all Treyvon saw was a large adult male watching his every move and eventually chasing him. For all he knew it could of been a child molestor, kidnapper an or killer after him. The world is sick today where children are snatch and killed daily. We teach our children not to talk to strangers. In those situations we do everything possible to fight for your life. . . It sounds like he fighting for his life and that's why Zimmerman had some minor injuries. It's an issue with the police system were they don't do a proper investigation on any death that involves a gun. It sound like anyone can claim self defense with this law to avoid jail time. As a mother I am of fear of no only people with the mindset of Zimmerman but of law enforcement who don't do their jobs to protect our children. . . . .
I fill like im living in crazy town the news is goning to lynch this man because they thought he was white and that fits there narative nobody is showing the local fox 35 station interviewing the mans yard it happened in he tells a different story than everything i have seen on the news i had to look in the orlando news market to get the story it just did not make any sense the way everybody else was reporting it i tuned to anderson he mostly reports it straight but i guess this was to hot the video is there for everybody to see on fox 35 orlando fl dont let the facts get in the way of agood story
I just saw and heard the the tape of Zimmerman when the specialist was trying to listento se what was the blurred words he was saying and it truly sounded like he was saying the F word along with the A word ending with the word holes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have questions that may shed light on some of this. As I understand it was a Gated community therefore would have had a fence or some control arround it. I would like to have some idea of why the boy may have been in the community. I do not in any way support what happened as it appears there are serious problems with how the man conducted himself and I believe he acted outside the law based on what I have heard. I believe in having the stand your ground law I do not support that itshould be used in a persue and confront situation as that is not the law. I also know that all the time young people are forced into scopping out residential areas for theift. If the boy had no reason for being there then it may shed light on what started this terrible sequence of events. I feel that George Zimmerman acted outside the law and a poor level of investigation was done by police based on the facts I have heard from the news.
If you read the articles throughout you would see that he was visiting with his father and his fathers fiancee (whom lived in the gated community). He left to go to a convenience store to get skittles for his younger brother and tea. I never knew it was a crime to walk home...
Trayvon's father and fiancee lived there and Trayvon was visiting them. Is that a good enough reason for him to have been there?
His father lives in that community, and he was heading back home from a convenient store.
He was walking back to his fathers fiancée's house from the store. She lived in that community.
I believe the kid was staying with family. It's pretty obvious Zimmerman saw a black kid he didin't recognize and made assumptions about his intentions. How could anyone not interpret that as racial profiling?
Ronnie, the boy was staying with his father and stepmother, who lived in the gated community. He was walking back to his father's house when he was shot.
From what I understand, Trayvon's father and his father's fiancé live in the gated community. Trayvon was watching the game there before he left to buy skittles and ice tea and was retuning when Zimmerman spotted him. The "looking around at houses" that Zimmerman mentioned could very well have been Trayvon trying to figure out how to get back to his father's house. In a nutshell, Trayvon wasn't scoping out the neighborhood or even using the gated community as a shortcut to his neighborhood. Trayvon had every right to be there.
It's already been stated time and time again that the kid was staying with his dad, his dad's fiancee, and his younger brother, in the gated community. Isn't that reason enough to be in there??? Or was he not supposed to be visiting his dad at his residence??? He waited till half time during the game they were all watching AT HIS DAD'S RESIDENCE IN THE GATED COMMUNITY to walk to the store and get a can of iced tea and skittle for his brother.
Your question about why he was in the community in the first place solves nothing. Maybe you should read about things before you post about them. It's been stated time and again why Trayvon was there.
He was visiting his father's fiancée who lived in the gated community.
The boy was visiting family. He had every right to be there.
I live in Central Florida. If you kill (gun, club or knife) an Alligator without an Alligator hunting license, you go to jail. If you shoot an unarmed frightened black teenager and you're a white male claiming self defense, the cops cover for you and you walk away free as the breeze.
The world is watching American freedom and democracy at home. How in the world is America going to institute freedom and democracy in another country when it's own citizens don't have it at home? Is it democracy or democrazy?
While it is important whether or not George Zimmerman used a racial slur, I think more revealing is that fact that he was already angry, (whatever he called him) prior to questioning Trayvon and finding out why he was in the neigborhood.
So even if the racial slur is not clearly audible, George Zimmerman's anger and disgust IS. His actions after that point were PREMEDITATED!
I totally agree with you.
The problem with this is not about the protect yourself law, its about how police tried to cover up what was sooo wrong. Simple and plan, did the man pursue the kid? Did the police handle the body correctly? Did they do a back ground check on the shooter? Why do you check the victim AND NOT check the aggressor? Basically, the police department and sheriff made major mistakes... Go Figure!!!!
PS: to the neighbor, WHY DO A 17 yr old kid have to answer about his being in a neighborhood? Let me answer that, because he was black?
I heard a sermon and part of it was that in a all white neighborhood, this white lady was robbed three times. She was asked was she afraid of BLACK men and she said YES. She said that BLACK MEN are violent people who do bad things. She was then asked who robbed her, she responded, "a white man", she then was asked who robbed her the second and third time, she responded, "both white men". Then she was asked and you are scared of BLACK MEN? She got really quite with NO response. We as Americans need to Check ourselves, racial profiling is serious and WRONG!!!!
That story made me reflect on the Central Park jogger, and Susan Smith, and the Sister Mary Tucotte, Bethany Sturro, Carolyn Bryant and the list could go on and on. Black people are profiled as sexual deviants, criminals, savages and anything that lessens us as a people. However, the white people who are saying those things, are the ones who committed those atrocities and many other heinous acts not only against us from the moment they saw us but also to this very day. Our lives are like ashes in the wind to them. I say NO MAS!
I am sick about this story, listened to a Zimmerman supporter on the news last night indicate that Trayvon Martin was invited to that neighborhood, since when do you have to be invited to walk through a particular neighborhood. I believe Zimmerman is a dangerous man and should be take off the streets before another BLACK, man looses his life. I stress the BLACK, because that is how Trayvon Martin is labeled even in the police report, if I am not mistaken he is never addressed as the deceased, or victim it was always the BLACK male, stereotyping at it's worst.
His own neighbours dont believe self defense . It's wierd to think that the Sanford Police Department did a drug test on the dead boy's body and not even a backgroud test or drug test on the killer. God help us all if this crime goes unpaid!
OMG....just listening to this interview sent chills down my spine!! It was a cold blooded murder. This beautiful, young man with his whole life ahead of him!!! I wish I could execute that guard mysel!!! He deserves the death penalty!!!!
I can't believe that man has not been arrested yet? If the circumstance were reversed & a white child was shot ,the arrest would have been made before the dust had settled !
On behalf of Trayvon Martin, I would like to be a voice. In reference to proven who was the aggressor, go back to the 911 call which Zimmerman made to police dispatcher. This alone proves that Zimmerman was the aggressor, when police ordered Zimmerman to not pursue the unarmed 17 year old victim, yet Zimmerman ignored police orders and pursued the victim anyway. This proves that Zimmerman was the initial aggressor. Also on the 911 tapes, you can heaike from an arm or leg twisting. The child was shot in the chest, but when police came, the child wr the child screaming out of fear, it is also a sound of someone going through excruciating pain, las said to be face down, and a witness said they saw Zimmerman with his hands on Trayvon's body. The facts are already evident...Zimmerman's family members know of this man's passion to pursue and harm victims of whom he profiles.. Zimmerman's actions and words prove premeditation..
Having lived in South Florida with children in the school system there, I'm not surprised by this. The schools have police who are retired homicide cops from NYC, who treat the kids like they are criminals, especially the kids with special needs. I believe Zimmerman murdered this lad and the police don't seem to care. Waitin for a grand jury on April 10th is too long, there are witnesses who dispute his claim of self defense, so why is he not charged. I think Florida is an amoral state, their behavior here certainly supports that belief.
@Merle, I'm lived in FL for over 20yrs myself and I left there almost 6yrs ago and I have not looked back since. My two kids were young when I left, I on the other hand attended school in Florida and I can tell you the school, city and state sucked all around. It was so apparent of the divide amongst the race groups down there. Whenever I hear they say that Florida is a melting pot I think melting pot yes in regards to the hot humid heat but when it comes to the people that's a whole different story. Even when I left it was still the same, you saw it and diffently heard it. I'm black and when I would date a hispanic or caucasian man all eyes are on me as if I had two heads. I wanted different for my kids, I wanted normalcy for them so I left there and moved up north where I'm originally from. I can't stand ignorace of any kind. What happened to Mr. Martin down there is a travesity and uncalled for. That whole police department down there should be shut-down.
Justice for Trayvon
The major problem in this case is the local police who is Latino and the shooter is Latino. The rights of the teen who was defending his life was not considered. Even if the teen had done a crime or was getting ready to do a crime he did not desire to die. Is this what America has become. A 240 pound adult shoot a 140 pound teen. Do you understand the 240 pound adult is much stronger than that 140 pound teen. I know some of you clown do not understand the team had not developed fully and looking at the teen picture he was small. This is plan murder.
I highly recommend "In The Gravest Extreme," by Massad Ayoob. It offers a very serious look at what constitutes self-defense, and how and when lawful carriers of firearms should and should NOT use their weapons. I wasn't there and the facts aren't all in, but this sounds like it should never have happened the way it did. Race aside, to use your firearm in true self defense, you can't have been the one who started the fight. The fact that an unarmed person who was trying to flee was shot and killed is a horrible tragedy – and wrong no matter the races of the people involved.
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Eye witnesses who reportedly had to chase down Sanford P.D. to give eye witness accounts. There was NO door to door canvassing for witnesses.


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They just need to have a home for them too! Welcome to week two of my 20 Weeks of Organizing Challenge!
I've always been pretty good about limiting the number of toys the boys have. I used these baskets to keep them picked up. At first we tried sorting the toys into specific baskets, but really, I just cared that they were contained. Here's the system we had going in the bottom of their closet:
It kept the toys picked up, but it still looked kind of messy. Now, we have this:
The shelf is about two feet wide, three feet high and one foot or so deep. H picked the colors of the canvas bins. The storage system was on sale at Target so we got the whole thing for under $70. It's kinda pricey for us, but all their toys, with just a very few exceptions, fit in there with a little room to spare. The exceptions were their train set which are in the two yellow lidded boxes which stayed in the closet under the hanging clothing organizer, and the big ride-on truck which is also parked neatly in the closet.
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The fury was compounded after the man who was with the student spoke out on Friday. They were both attacked on the moving bus. He could do nothing to save her from the horrific violence that led to her death 13 days later. They were dumped on the side of the road, injured and without clothes, but their obvious need for help was ignored by passersby for 20 or 25 minutes, he said.
The new details and shocking rape statistics in India - 24,206 reported in 2011 - are fueling the cries for societal change. That's one rape every 22 minutes in India. And those are just the ones reported. Learn more about this latest case making headlines around the world from Randi Kaye, and what happened in court today from Sumnima Udas at 8 and 10 p.m. ET.
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"Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord in vain, even if thou art following an exceedingly slow driver."
That's not one of the pope's new "10 Commandments for the Road," but it should be. It's amazing how one Sunday driver can make a whole bunch of drivers behind him use language not suitable for the Lord's day.
We're not talking about mumbling "gosh darn it." Road rage makes people shout full-fledged curses in unacceptable tongues. Words spoken on the road sometimes sound like they need to be run through a catalytic converter at least once so they don't pollute the air.
The new road commandments also claim that "impoliteness," "rude gestures" and other expressions of "unbalanced behavior" are sinful.
It's going to be tough for some of us to make a U-turn on the road to hell, now that the road construction season has started.
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Technically, the 36-page document that the Vatican released earlier this month is called "Guidelines for the Pastoral Care of the Road." But listed among moral guidelines for motorists are 10 numbered "commandments."
"1. You shall not kill."
I was pretty sure that jokingly assigning point values to pedestrians was crossing the line.
"2. The road shall be for you a means of communion between people and not of mortal harm."
Let our people merge.
"3. Courtesy, uprightness and prudence will help you deal with unforeseen events."
Allow another driver to go first from a four-way stop, regardless of whether he has the right of way, especially if he already has started. Pulling in front of him might be "upright" by law, but not too "prudent" by commandment.
According to an Associated Press article I read, the "Ten Commandments" caution motorists against allowing the car to be "an occasion of sin," perhaps by picking up speed for "a dangerous passing maneuver," the article surmised, or picking up a prostitute for, well ... most motorists don't need a commandment to figure that one out.
The fifth commandment says "cars shall not be for you an expression of power and domination."
"Cars particularly lend themselves to being used by their owners to show off, and as a means for outshining other people and arousing a feeling of envy," the Vatican explained in the guidelines.
Vanity is sinful. A reason not to wax.
The Vatican's set of commandments asks motorists to "exercise a host of Christian virtues: charity to fellow drivers, prudence on the roads, hope of arriving safely and justice in the event of crashes," AP explained.
These are good things. But are the commandments specific enough?
Additional Commandments
If I listed commandments, I'd include:
- You shall not covet your neighbor's convertible.
- Honor and obey your driver's education instructor, especially if it's your father, who owns the car.
- Don't bear false witness against your fellow driver, even if you think it will look good on the accident report.
- Don't steal my wheels.
- Keep holy on the highway, within 5 to 7 mph of the speed limit.
- Kids, quit steaming up the car windows at the end of dates.
Contact Gary Brown at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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This feature will be a continuation of the multitenant feature that currently offers a SINGLE_TABLE or VPD type, see Multitenant
Bug: 376603
Table per tenant
The goal of this feature is to allow multiple tenants of an application to isolate their data within individual table(s). These tables can be stored within the same schema using a prefix or suffix naming pattern or can be stored in separate schemas. Table per tenant entities can be mixed with other multitenant type entities within the same persistence unit.
JPA Tenant Scope
This feature is intended to address the situation where a single application instance with a shared EntityManagerFactory for a persistence unit is responsible for handling requests from multiple tenants. In the case where separate EntityManagerFactory instances are used for each tenant (required when using extensions per tenant) then the developer can alternatively choose to specify tenant specific schema and table names within an eclipselink-orm.xml configuration file which is used based on the MetadataSource feature.
- Support configuration of table per tenant entity types using EclipseLink specific annotations and/or eclipselink-orm.xml with the XML overriding the annotation.
- Ensure all READ, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE operations populate and limit their effect to the defined table per tenant table(s)
- Tenants by default will share the same server session (tenant identifier must be updated/set per entity manager)
- Id generation is assumed to be unique across all table per tenants. @See Future Section.
- Tenant tables can be isolated by schema or a uniqe name (with a prefix or suffix on the table names).
Not supported:
- Schema generation will not be supported since it requires knowledge of all the tenants (schema's) and further to that, access provision must be set once the tables are created if using schema level table per tenant.
This document will focus only on the TABLE_PER_TENANT multi-tenant type. The type will enable individual tenant table(s) usage at the entity level using a tenant context property that must be provided by the user on each entity manager after a transaction has started.
- The TABLE_PER_TENANT states that the table(s) (Table and SecondaryTable) for the given entity are individual tenant tables based on the tenant context.
- Relationships within that entity that use a join or collection table are also assumed to exist within the table per tenant context.
- A TABLE_PER_TENANT type is used in conjunction with:
- A tenant table discriminator that specifies the type of discriminator (schema or name with prefix or suffix)
- A tenant id to identify the user (configured by the user per EM or at the EMF if isolating table per tenant per persistence unit)
- Multi-tenant metadata can only be applied at the root level of the inheritance hierarchy when using a SINGLE_TABLE or JOINED inheritance strategy. A log warning will be issued otherwise.
- It is possible to specify multi-tenant metadata within a TABLE_PER_CLASS inheritance hierarchy.
Short example
@Entity @Table(name="EMP") @Multitenant(TABLE_PER_TENANT) @TenantTableDiscriminator(type=SCHEMA, contextProperty="eclipselink.tenant-id") public class Employee { ... } <entity class="Employee"> <multitenant type="TABLE_PER_TENANT"> <tenant-table-discriminator type="SCHEMA" context-property="eclipselink.tenant-id"/> </multitenant> <table name="EMP"> ... </entity>
The following new EclipseLink metadata will be added.
The new type will be added to the possible value list for the existing @Multitenant annotation. See Multinancy for more configuration documentations of this annotation.
This means we will extend the MultitenantType enum to include TABLE_PER_TENANT and add a new TenantTableDiscriminator annotation and TenantTableDiscriminatorType enum.
public enum MultitenantType { /** * Specifies that table(s) the entity maps to includes rows for multiple tenants. * The tenant discriminator column(s) are used with application context values to * limit what a persistence context can access. */ SINGLE_TABLE, /** * Specifies that the DB will handle the tenant filtering on all SELECT, * UPDATE and DELETE queries. Using this type assumes that the platform * used with your persistence unit does indeed support VPD. * * @since 2.3.1 */ VPD /** * Specifies that different tables are used for each tenant and used in * conjunction with the tenant table discriminator which describes how the * tables are uniquely identified, that is, using a suffix/prefix or a * separate schema. * * @since 2.4 */ TABLE_PER_TENANT } @Target({TYPE}) @Retention(RUNTIME) public @interface TenantTableDiscriminator { /** * (Optional) The name of the context property to apply to as * tenant table discriminator. Default is "eclipselink.tenant-id" */ String contextProperty() default PersistenceUnitProperties.MULTITENANT_PROPERTY_DEFAULT; /** * (Optional) The type of tenant table discriminator to use with the tables * of the persistence unit. * Defaults to {@link TenantTableDiscriminatorType#SUFFIX TenantTableDiscriminatorType.SUFFIX}. */ TenantTableDiscriminatorType type() default TenantTableDiscriminatorType.SUFFIX; } public enum TenantTableDiscriminatorType { /** * Apply the tenant table discriminator as a schema to all multitenant tables. * NOTE: this strategy requires appropriate database provisioning. */ SCHEMA, /** * Apply the tenant table discriminator as a suffix to all multitenant tables. This * is the default strategy. */ SUFFIX, /** * Apply the tenant table discriminator as a prefix to all multitenant tables. */ PREFIX }
The multitenant-type XML element will be expanded to include the new type and a new tenant table discriminator complex type (with associated simple type enum equivalent) will be added. The new table tenant discriminator will be available from the existing multitenant complex type, within a choice with the existing tenant discriminator column element.
<xsd:simpleType name="multitenant-type"> <xsd:restriction base="xsd:token"> <xsd:enumeration value="SINGLE_TABLE"/> <xsd:enumeration value="VPD"/> <xsd:enumeration value="TABLE_PER_TENANT"/> </xsd:restriction> </xsd:simpleType> <xsd:complexType name="tenant-table-discriminator"> <xsd:attribute name="type" type="orm:tenant-table-discriminator-type"/> </xsd:complexType> <xsd:simpleType name="tenant-table-discriminator-type"> <xsd:restriction base="xsd:token"> <xsd:enumeration value="SCHEMA"/> <xsd:enumeration value="SUFFIX"/> <xsd:enumeration value="PREFIX"/> </xsd:restriction> </xsd:simpleType> <xsd:complexType name="multitenant"> <xsd:sequence> <xsd:choice> <xsd:element name="tenant-discriminator-column" type="orm:tenant-discriminator-column" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> <xsd:element name="tenant-table-discriminator" type="orm:tenant-table-discriminator" minOccurs="0"/> </xsd:choice> </xsd:sequence> <xsd:attribute name="type" type="orm:multitenant-type"/> <xsd:attribute name="include-criteria" type="xsd:boolean"/> </xsd:complexType>
The new annotations and xml will plug into the existing metadata processing architecture.
- eclipselink_orm_2_4.xsd
- schema updated with new xml elements
- org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.multitenant.TenantTableDiscriminatorMetadata
- Handle the new TenantTableDiscriminator annotation and xml elements
- org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.xml.XMLEntityMappingsMappingProject
- The MOXy mapping file modified to map the XML to the TenantTableDiscriminatorMetadata class.
- org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.multitenant.MultitenantMetadata
- Modified to process the new TENANT_PER_TABLE multitenant type and tenant table discriminator metadata.
- org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.MetadataLogger
- Expanded for any warning or defaulting log messaages.
Warnings and Exceptions
Relationships from a non table per tenant entity to a table per tenant entity will not be allowed. Relationships can only emanate from the table per tenant entity.
NOTE: See future section. We could likely support this using the same cloning strategy we are using with table per tenant descriptors. See the core section below where we discuss the cloning of descriptors. Those entities that refer to table per tenant entities could essentially have their descriptors (and mappings) cloned and modified to refer to the table per tenant descriptor clones.
The table per tenant context property is specified by the user and we will re-use default MULTITENANT_PROPERTY_DEFAULT = "eclipselink.tenant-id".
Configuration and caching
The caching strategy remains the same as currently implemented for the other multitenant types. By default, tenants will share the entity manager factory.
If this is not the desired behavior, the following existing properties can set in the persistence unit definition:
- PersistenceUnitProperties.MULTITENANT_SHARED_EMF = "eclipselink.multitenant.tenants-share-emf"
- PersistenceUnitProperties.SESSION_NAME = "eclipselink.session-name"
Note: when not sharing the EMF, a unique session name must be provided and that persistence unit will be isolated to that tenant with full caching capabilities. There is currently no automatic augmentation of the session name since there is no way to be able to determine the tenant id property since the name of the property can be configured by the user (and there can be multiples etc.). A deploy time there is no way to know before processing the metadata which of course is done after the session have been created.
In a shared entity manager factory approach, a tenant id must be provided on each entity manager after a transaction has begun. Setting the tenant id must be the first operation on the entity manager and the tenant id must not be changed during the lifespan of that entity manager.
By default, tenants will not share the cache, meaning table per tenant entities will have an ISOLATED setting. To allow these entities to share the cache, the following property can be set to true:
- PersistenceUnitProperties.MULTITENANT_SHARED_CACHE = "eclipselink.multitenant.tenants-share-cache"
When the cache is shared, table per tenant entities will have a PROTECTED setting.
// Shared EMF EntityManager em = createEntityManager(MULTI_TENANT_PU); em.getTransaction().begin(); em.setProperty(EntityManagerProperties.MULTITENANT_PROPERTY_DEFAULT, "gpelleti"); // Non shared EMF HashMap properties = new HashMap(); properties.put(PersistenceUnitProperties.MULTITENANT_SHARED_EMF, "false"); properties.put(PersistenceUnitProperties.SESSION_NAME, "non-shared-emf-for-gpelleti"); properties.put(PersistenceUnitProperties.MULTITENANT_PROPERTY_DEFAULT, "gpelleti"); ... EntityManager em = Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory("multi-tenant-pu", properties).createEntityManager();
In the persistence unit definition (non shared-emf)
<persistence-unit name="multi-tenant-pu"> ... <properties> <property name="eclipselink.multitenant.tenants-share-emf" value="false"/> <property name="eclipselink.session-name" value="non-shared-emf-for-gpelleti"/> <property name="eclipselink.tenant-id" value="gpelleti"/> ... </properties> </persistence-unit>
A table per tenant policy will be created which will implement the existing MultitenantPolicy. This policy will be responsible for the initialization of table per tenant descriptors and the table name translations.
- org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.TablePerMultitenantPolicy
The meat of a schema table per tenant strategy will be achieved through database level settings and access provisions. The table per tenant property will correlate directly with EclipseLink's descriptor table qualifier (which is added to all tables relating to that descriptor, table and secondary table).
The policy will also be responsible for applying this table qualifier setting to all mappings of the descriptor that use a relation table (Many to many, one to one etc.). When those mappings are created, there is no notion of a table qualifier/schema at that point. Since the table per tenant entity is the owner of the relationship it is only fair to assume that its relation table must also have the same qualifier. It is entirely possible though (with unique id's across all tenants for table per tenant entities) to not have this restriction/assumption in place however. See future section.
Under the same assumption, element collection tables should also have the table per tenant identifier as well, but again not necessary when unique id's are employed across all tenants.
In the case of a prefix or suffix solution, instead of setting a table qualifier as described above, all table names from the cloned descriptor and its mappings will need to be updated to the new table name employing the table per tenant property. This name translation will be done by the policy.
- Will need its clone method expanded to include any missing parts not already included in that method.
- When using a table per tenant entities within a shared EMF, the project will be cloned per client session. This allows us to clone the jpql parse cache and allow its usage for that session. Otherwise, we would need to disable it. The cloned jpql cache will be created with the same max size as the parents.
- Will contain the metadata processor produced class descriptor.
- These descriptors are available from the existing descriptor maps and list and will also be paired out to their own list (for ease of manipulation)
- Unless the table per tenant property is set at the EMF level, table per tenant descriptors will never be initialized. Instead the table per tenant descriptors will cloned for each client session, updated with the table per tenant context property and those cloned descriptor are then initialized and used for the lifespan of that client session.
- When the table per tenant is provided at the EMF level, the server session descriptors are fully initialized and never cloned per client session. Normal initializing operations will occur in this case. Setting a table per tenant at the EM level here is not allowed and an exception will be thrown.
An exception will be raised,
- when a table per tenant is not set (database exception in tis case, i.e. invalid table name etc.)
Full querying should be available to the user through the following entity manager operations:
- persist
- find
- refresh
And the following queries:
- named queries
- update all
- delete all
NOTE: EclipseLink will not modify, therefore, support multi-tenancy through named native queries. When using these types of queries within a multi-tenant environment, the user will need to be aware and handle any multi-tenancy issues (schemas and table names) themselves directly in their native query. For all intents and purposes, named native queries should be avoided in a multi-tenant environment.
DDL generation
DDL generation will not be supported. Since we a table for all tenants plus the access provisions, there is no way for use to know this information before hand.
Open/Future items
- A flag or setting to indicate per mapping if its associated table is isolated per tenant or not. This opens up caching issues though, in that, we could never use the level 2 cache and would always have to force the table per tenant entities to an isolated session if the ids are not unique across tenants?? Some unknowns here.
- Allow for relationships from non table per tenant entities to table per tenant entities. Would need to do more descriptor cloning per entity manager (client session) but this is possible.
- Add tenant table discriminator to entity mappings and persistence unit defaults of eclipselink_orm_2_4.xsd
- Specifying a catalog of schema in the table discriminator


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Imagination and vision played critical roles in the creative act of forming a self-governing United States of America. The collections of the Library of Congress are unquestionably the worlds best source for documenting that process. This exhibition offers a remarkable opportunity to learn in a fresh new way how the founding documents that emerged from this period were forged out of insight, invention, and creativity, as well as collaboration and much compromise.
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Apple's advertising campaigns have never been without controversy. Remember the Intel bunny days? The Switcher ads with people like Ellen Feiss? (It was a really good paper). And who could forget the Mac vs. PC ads that made Justin Long and John Hodgman famous among the Mac geek crowd? Every ad had its strengths and weaknesses—some more than others—but they all found themselves subject to heated debate over whether Apple's messaging strategy was the right one to pursue.
That's why, when Apple rolled out its latest collection of ads this week during the 2012 Summer Olympics, the reaction didn't blip on my radar right away. Everyone loves/hates Apple ads, right? (Love and/or hate depends on who it is, how much coffee they've had so far, whether Mountain Lion has crashed yet, and whether the current weekday ends in "day"). But these ads seemed to draw more ire than usual—especially from the usual Mac "faithful"—so I had to take another look. And yes, they are bad.
You can watch three of them on YouTube: Basically, Labor Day, and Mayday. The idea is clearly to highlight the role of the Apple Genius in people's lives, helping people out of hairy situations with his Mac expertise.
The actor playing the Genius himself is pretty tolerable, and I can appreciate where Apple is trying to go with these ads. (I'm sure we've all found ourselves in similar ridiculous scenarios with friends or family members). But the implementation is cheesy—too cheesy, even for an Apple ad—and borderline smarmy in all cases. In this sense, I don't disagree with the critics. The ads make Apple seem a little too smug for comfort, and it's the kind of thing that pours fuel on the flames of trolls who invade our everyday lives. And no one wants to deal with that.
Ken Segall, the former creative director who worked with Apple and Steve Jobs for many years, wrote a particularly scathing critique of the new ads. He referred to this round of advertising as a particularly low point in Apple's history, pointing out that Apple is perfectly capable of appealing to both loyal and new customers without putting off either group.
"How many great campaigns have you seen that appeal to one target group, but turn off everyone else? There's no excuse for a campaign like that," Segall wrote. "Apple's momentum is fueled by the enthusiasm of its core customers. The last thing it wants is to win new customers at the cost of looking ridiculous to its enthusiastic supporters."
Segall went so far as to say that a little snarky comedy isn't terrible, but the execution of these ads is the turnoff—"It's like going to open mic night at the local comedy club." And Segall isn't the only former Apple-associated exec who found himself worked up over the ads. Jean-Louis Gassée, Apple's former head of Macintosh, tweeted about the new ads over the weekend, calling them "cringe-inducing."
But when it comes to the inevitable "What would Steve do?" question, I have to agree with Segall: "None of us can possibly know what Steve would do. Steve was a master marketer, but he was also perfectly capable of a lapse in judgment." (Let's not forget that Jobs wanted to name the "iMac" the "MacMan." He also wanted to dress up as Willy Wonka and take a golden ticket winner on a tour of Apple for the sale of the company's one millionth iMac).
"The truth is, advertising is hard. A lot of really talented people at Chiat pour their hearts into creating the ads that we critique. As you know, Apple's ads succeed far more often than they fail—just like Apple itself," Segall continued. "Every one of us, Steve Jobs included, has experienced failure. It may sound trite, but it's how one responds to failure and what one learns from the experience that defines character, whether you're an individual or a corporation."
Although the ads make me squirm, there's no use in attempting to decide whether Jobs would have allowed the ads or not. The reality is, as Macworld editorial director Jason Snell tweeted, Apple has always had bad ads and good ads. We've seen better and worse from Apple before, and we're likely to see them again in the future.
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5 great tools and techniques for developing presentations
November 16, 2009 at 9:00 am lemsy 1 comment
Hi, everyone! One of my favorite librarians and open source advocates (Nicole Engard) just Tweet DMed me and asked if I ever shared officially the tools I mentioned in a discussion session on Presentation Tools and Techniques at Pres4Lib at Princeton Public Library. I replied no, with regrets. I figured if she's wondering about it, maybe you are too!
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I use a pretty well structured, personally vetted workflow for developing presentations and blog posts that involves developing an outline, collecting images, preparing images, research and citations. Let me share some of the tools that I use to accomplish these tasks just about every time.
Google Docs Presentations
I stopped using Microsoft PowerPoint a few years ago and have not looked back. While I would consider using the open source alternative of OpenOffice.org's presentation tool, by instead choosing a presentation tool in the cloud, I get the ability to edit and present anywhere where I'm connected, the ability to edit offline with Google Gears installed on Firefox, the common ability to add images, draw pictures, embed my slideshows (!), allow people to automatically see the latest greatest embedded versions of my presentations up to the second after I've updated them, allow for collaboration and co-viewing and if I absolutely must, export to a PDF for offline sharing and presentation disaster backup. I can even make a PPT for someone who insists on it.
I typically log in to Google Docs, create a title slide for my topic, and then immediately develop an agenda slide, which I then begin to outline with the topics (and slides) that I want to cover in my talk. My style emphasizes simple broad topics which I elaborate on in spontaneous ways. I try to keep the number of words on slides to an absolute minimum. I usually make a slide for each of my topics, and I then try to look for stories, photos, and illustrations that lead the people in the audience to start thinking about my topics before I introduce them verbally or textually.
Creative Commons vetting via Google Image Search
Google Image Search is far and away the best image search tool I've come across (with the ability to search for line art, faces, and by color, etc.), especially now, since the recent addition of the license search feature in the advanced image search tool, which allows me to search according to Creative Commons licenses applied by designers and photographers to their images all over the web. This is especially important for me because I don't just want to just use other peoples' images in my work without their consent. I want to respect the wishes of image creators. By using the license restrictions, I can quickly find images available for commercial use, images allowed to be modified, images that simply require attribution, and even images in the public domain.
When we respect the rights of creators and innovators, and celebrate others' work properly, I believe we engage in modeling important aspects of information literacy, if not common humanity.
I'll search for a topic keyword, often choosing CC-attribution licensing, which allows me the greatest flexibility with which to use the images, to modify them, use them in commercial situations, and promote creative commons licensing, while simply being required to include attributive references to the original image author. I will very often name the file locally with the name of the author of the image, in the format "by username.jpg" or "from nameofwebsitedotcom.jpg" so that I have a built in back-reference.
Once I have the images I want to use in my presentation saved to my local hard drive in a project folder, I often need to tweak, categorize, combine, title, tag, and integrate the images. While I can do this in a myriad of different utilities, tools, and applications, none of them have quite the combination of speed, comprehensive toolset, ease of use, functions, smoothness, or slickness of Google's Picasa. Once you have downloaded and installed this free tool, you can use a Google account to store images in free named online galleries and keep them synchronized for free. With the number and variety of images I work with in my design and presentation work, I am thrilled that I have Picasa to help me wrangle them all.
I use it to tag, group, move, geocode, describe, upload, tweak, collage, print, and watermark my images for presentations, design work, papers, and everything else. It is a free, versatile, and irreplaceable tool in my personal tool set.
Zotero is a Firefox extension that allows for the single click based collection, categorization, tagging, editing, and even full text storage of web based database entries, books, articles, presentations, images and other standard citable sources. The amazing thing it that it automatically recognizes and collects metadata when it is present in a form that Zotero understands. This might sound like a difficult thing for content providers to implement, but all I had to do to make my WordPress blogs compliant was to install a single metadata-providing plugin (COinS) that offers my name, the title of posts, the publication date and other automatically generated metadata in blogging to Zotero users. Other sources who provide the relevant metadata to Zotero include major scholarly databases like Ebsco, newspapers like the New York Times, online booksellers like Amazon, and blogs and wikis around the world.
If I haven't hooked you in to using Zotero yet, did I mention that with two clicks, you get properly formatted bibliographies in APA, MLA, and other citation styles? After I've visited books on Amazon and collected their data, or after I've found articles on Google Scholar and collected their data, or after I've grabbed creative commons licensed images from Flickr and collected their data, I can simply select all of them in my Zotero database, right click, and choose "Make bibliography from selected sources" which I then choose to send to clipboard, then paste right into my final slide, reference area of my paper, or wherever else I need to respect copyright or usage license. It is also a phenomenal way to meet the requirements of CC Attribution.
Number 5, QuoteURLtext (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4292) is another Firefox Extension that does one thing, but does it exceptionally well. It copies the highlighted text on a page along with the date and time, URL, and page title to the clipboard so that you can easily paste some casual piece of information (such as a tasty tech tip, a quick statistic, a delicious quotation, or a little known fact) into a slide, paper, or post without having to go so far as to reference it in APA style. It's like a casual little sister utility to the powerhouse that is Zotero.
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Finally, Zemanta (a play on semantic) is another Firefox extension that shows up in a sidebar when you are using supporting applications, such as Gmail, Blogger, WordPress, and other applications (check out their site for more). I desperately wish it worked with Google Docs Presentations, but nothing hints at that yet. Here's why I care: All of the photos, captions, tags, post story articles, and even some of the links to referential sources were all suggested, generated and placed with a single click each using Zemanta. As I type, Zemanta autoscans sources with CC licensed imagery, content, and resources related semantically to my content. Let me reiterate: As I type. All I need to do to add it to my post is simply to click. Clickety-clickety.
A pleasure to speak with you as always, I hope you learn to love these great free tools for developing your presentations just as much as I do.
John LeMasney
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